Best of Ammar al-Hakim

Best of Ammar al-Hakim

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SABAH ARAR

Shiite Muslims hold up a huge flag with the word in Arabic 'Oh Hussein', as they listen to an address by Iraqi Shiite Muslim leader Ammar al-Hakim of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council, as Shiites commemorate the death of Imam Hussein during Ashura in the capital Baghdad, on November 24, 2012. Shiites around the world are marking the slaying of the Prophet Mohammed's grandson, the Imam Hussein, in the seventh century. Millions of pilgrims are flooding to the holy central Iraqi city of Karbala for the peak of the Ashura rituals, which occurs on November 25 this year. AFP PHOTO/SAHAH ARAR

Shiite Muslims hold up a huge flag with the word in Arabic 'Oh Hussein', as they listen to an address by Iraqi Shiite Muslim leader Ammar al-Hakim of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council, as Shiites commemorate the death of Imam Hussein during Ashura in the capital Baghdad, on November 24, 2012. Shiites around the world are marking the slaying of the Prophet Mohammed's grandson, the Imam Hussein, in the seventh century. Millions of pilgrims are flooding to the holy central Iraqi city of Karbala for the peak of the Ashura rituals, which occurs on November 25 this year. AFP PHOTO/SAHAH ARAR

PM of Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government Nechervan Barzani

Anadolu Agency

Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) Nechervan Barzani speaks during 45th commemoration ceremony of Muhsin al-Hakim, grandfather of President of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Ammar al-Hakim, at Saad Abdullah Palace Conference Centre in Arbil, Iraq on January 24, 2015.

Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) Nechervan Barzani speaks during 45th commemoration ceremony of Muhsin al-Hakim, grandfather of President of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Ammar al-Hakim, at Saad Abdullah Palace Conference Centre in Arbil, Iraq on January 24, 2015.

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HAIDAR HAMDANI

Iraqi Shiite Muslim leader Ammar al-Hakim speaks during a meeting held at his house in the southern Shiite city of Najaf on January 23, 2015 with Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to discuss economic and security issues. Al-Sadr expressed his hopes for a unity government and encouraged the efforts of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in avoiding previously made mistakes. AFP PHOTO/ HAIDAR HAMDANI

Iraqi Shiite Muslim leader Ammar al-Hakim speaks during a meeting held at his house in the southern Shiite city of Najaf on January 23, 2015 with Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to discuss economic and security issues. Al-Sadr expressed his hopes for a unity government and encouraged the efforts of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in avoiding previously made mistakes. AFP PHOTO/ HAIDAR HAMDANI

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HAIDAR HAMDANI

Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr (R) and Iraqi Shiite Muslim leader Ammar al-Hakim sit during a meeting to discuss economic and security issues held at Hakim's house in the southern Shiite city of Najaf on January 23, 2015. Al-Sadr expressed his hopes for a unity government and encouraged the efforts of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in avoiding previously made mistakes. AFP PHOTO/ HAIDAR HAMDANI

Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr (R) and Iraqi Shiite Muslim leader Ammar al-Hakim sit during a meeting to discuss economic and security issues held at Hakim's house in the southern Shiite city of Najaf on January 23, 2015. Al-Sadr expressed his hopes for a unity government and encouraged the efforts of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in avoiding previously made mistakes. AFP PHOTO/ HAIDAR HAMDANI

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HAIDAR HAMDANI

Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr (L) and Iraqi Shiite Muslim leader Ammar al-Hakim speak during a meeting to discuss economic and security issues held at Hakim's house in the southern Shiite city of Najaf on January 23, 2015. Al-Sadr expressed his hopes for a unity government and encouraged the efforts of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in avoiding previously made mistakes. AFP PHOTO/ HAIDAR HAMDANI

Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr (L) and Iraqi Shiite Muslim leader Ammar al-Hakim speak during a meeting to discuss economic and security issues held at Hakim's house in the southern Shiite city of Najaf on January 23, 2015. Al-Sadr expressed his hopes for a unity government and encouraged the efforts of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in avoiding previously made mistakes. AFP PHOTO/ HAIDAR HAMDANI

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HAIDAR HAMDANI

Iraqi Shiite Muslim leader Ammar al-Hakim speaks during a meeting held at his house in the southern Shiite city of Najaf on January 23, 2015 with Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to discuss economic and security issues. Al-Sadr expressed his hopes for a unity government and encouraged the efforts of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in avoiding previously made mistakes. AFP PHOTO/ HAIDAR HAMDANI

Iraqi Shiite Muslim leader Ammar al-Hakim speaks during a meeting held at his house in the southern Shiite city of Najaf on January 23, 2015 with Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr to discuss economic and security issues. Al-Sadr expressed his hopes for a unity government and encouraged the efforts of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in avoiding previously made mistakes. AFP PHOTO/ HAIDAR HAMDANI

Iraqis Cast Votes In General Elections

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Leader of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, Ammar al-Hakim, casts his vote in a polling station in the green zone on March 07, 2010 in Baghdad, Iraq. People in 18 Iraqi provinces have started voting, in the second parliamentary election since the US overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003, to choose their candidates for the 325-seat parliament at about 10,000 polling centers.

Leader of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, Ammar al-Hakim, casts his vote in a polling station in the green zone on March 07, 2010 in Baghdad, Iraq. People in 18 Iraqi provinces have started voting, in the second parliamentary election since the US overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003, to choose their candidates for the 325-seat parliament at about 10,000 polling centers.

Iraqis Cast Votes In General Elections

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Leader of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, Ammar al-Hakim, casts his vote in a polling station in the green zone on March 07, 2010 in Baghdad, Iraq. People in 18 Iraqi provinces have started voting, in the second parliamentary election since the US overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003, to choose their candidates for the 325-seat parliament at about 10,000 polling centers.

Leader of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, Ammar al-Hakim, casts his vote in a polling station in the green zone on March 07, 2010 in Baghdad, Iraq. People in 18 Iraqi provinces have started voting, in the second parliamentary election since the US overthrow of Saddam Hussein in 2003, to choose their candidates for the 325-seat parliament at about 10,000 polling centers.

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